Smashed at the Weekend #10

Dining, cooking and drinking and not a Valentine in sight

Something to eat: The Grill by Tom Booton

Clockwise from top left: pork cheek, lentils, celeriac, hen-of-the-woods mushrooms; poached cod & clam chowder, leeks; milk roll; salted butter; apple crumble soft serve and apple pie.

I had been planning to return to the Dorchester Grill ever since Tom Booton was appointed head chef at the tender age of just 26 in 2019. A new version of the restaurant's set lunch menu, details of which were posted by Booton on his Instagram account in January was all the excuse I needed to book.

The last time…